Rack-box for bottles



(No Model.) Y. A 1T. A. TAYLQR 85W. H. DIAMOND.

RACK BOX POR BOTTLES.

10.402,203. Patented Apr. so, 1889..

UNITED 'ASTA-TESv `PATENT OFFICE.

THEODORE TAYLOR AND XVILLIAM I-l. DIAMOND, OF POUGHKEEPSIE, NEV

Y YORK. 1

RACK-BOX FOR BOTTLES.

v SPECIFICATION forming part f Letters Patent No. 402,203, dated April 30, 1889.

Application filed February 25, 1889. Serial No. 301,084. (No model.)

do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

1o such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Our invention relates to rack-boxes for containing and supporting bottles, jars, and the like; and it consists in the improved construcr tion and arrangement or combination of parts hereinafter fully disclosed in the description, l

drawings, and claims. A

It is Well known to those who are familiar with handling boxes contain ing bottles that 2o after being in use for some time the insides and bottoms thereof and the racks therein become dirty and foul, and that as theyare at present constructed it is almost impossible to properly clean them. Therefore it is the general object of our invention to overcome this difficulty.

The-special objects of our invention are, first, to provide improved devices for remov -ably securing a rack in a box for containing 3o and supporting bottles,'jars, tbe.; second, to provide spring-actuated latch rods or bolts for removably securing said rack in position in the box; third, to provide devices for holding said rods or bolts in place upon the rack, and

3 5 for securing their outer ends in the sides and ends of the box, and, fourth, to provide devices for supporting the rack above the bot-v tom of the box; These objects we attain by the mechanism illustrated inthe accompanyi 4o ingvdrawings, forming partot this speciiication, in which the same referencemumerals indicate the same parts, and In which Figure 1 represents a top plan view of a l Agroove, 6.

' toward each other.

and 2 indicates the rack, which consists of a central longitudinal bar or partition, 3, and a central transverse bar'or partition, 4, with 55 which and the box are connected as many longitudinal and transverse slots 3 and 4 as may be necessary to form 'a rack-box of the desired size to contain as many cells or co1npartments and of such capacity as may be 6o necessary to hold the desired number and size of bottles or jars that are to be placed therein.

Y The upper edge of the central longitudinal bar or'partition 3 is formed with a groove, 5, 65 and the upper edge of the central transverse bar or partition et is formed with a similar Vithin these grooves the rods or bolts 7 and 8 are,iitted and adapted to slide, two of them being arranged in each groove; 7o also the inner ends of these rods or bolts, or the ends which nearly meet at the center of the rack, are provided with upwardlybent handles or thumbandfinger pieces 8.', by means of which they maybe drawn inward or These rods or bolts are confined and guided in their respective grooves by the staples 9, which are fitted over them and driven into the bars or partitions; also in the walls of said grooves, near their 8o outer ends, are formed enlarged recesses l0, within which are arranged the coiled springs l1, which are placed around said rods or'bolts v and bear with their inner ends Iagains'tthe outer staples, 9, and with their outer ends against studs or projections l2 upon said rods or bolts. These springs serve to force the rods or bolts outward or toward the ends and i sides of the box.

The inner surfaces oi' the sides and ends of 9o the box are provided with holes 13, for the reh leased from the box. The holes 13 are preferably formed in plates 14, which are screwed to the sides and ends of the box.

The ends of the central longitudinal bar or partition 3 rest upon stop-blocks 15, which are secured to the ends and bottom of the box; also the ends of the central transverse bar or partition 4 rest in notches 1G, formed in the upper ends of stop-blocks 17, which are also secured to the sides and bottom of said box. These stop-blocks serve to support the rack above the bottom vof the box, and leave a space which may be utilized .for an absorbent or ice, as desired.

ln place of the holes inthe sides of the box for receiving the ends of the rods or bolts upon the Central transverse bar or partition 4 two bent and shouldered iiat springs, 1S, as shown in Fig. 4, may be secured to the sides of the box, over recesses 1U, formed therein, so

as to bear with their shouldered lower ends upon the outer ends of said rods or bolts, cover the upper sides of the outer ends of said bar or partition, and retain the same in place. It is obvious, also, that, if desired, these fiat springs and the recesses therefor could be employed in the ends of the box, instead of the holes in the plates 14, since in either event the rods or bars and the rack would be securely held in place and prevented from falling out should the box be overturned or otherwise misplaced.

Whenever it is desired to remove the rack from the box for cleansing or other purpose, it is only necessary to depress the flat springs 18 into the recesses 19 when used, or to withdraw the outer ends ot the rods or bolts from engagement with the holes 13 in the sides and ends of the box 1 by drawing the handles or iinger-and-thumb pieces 8 toward each other, when the rack 2 may be removed from saidbox, and either or both of them washed or otherwise cleansed, as may be necessary.

Vhen the rack is to be replaced in the box, the iiat springs, when used, will recede into their recesses from the downward passage of said rack, the handles or finger-and-thumb pieces being drawn toward each other. Then, after the rack is placed in the box, with the ends of the bars or partitions 3 and 4 resting upon the stop-blocks 15 and 17, the handles of the rods or bolts will be released, when the coiled springs 11 will force the outer ends of said rods or bolts under the iiat springs 18 or into engagement with the holes 13, causing the rack to be securely held or locked in place.

Having thus fully disclosed the construction and arrangement or combination of the several parts oi' our improved rack-box, its purpose, and advantages, what we claim as new is- 1. The combination, with a box, of a rack removably supported therein and provided with locking or latching devices for removably securing the same in said box, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a box, of a rack removably supported therein and provided with yielding locking or latohing devices for removably securing the same in said box, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a box provided with holes in its sides and ends, of a rack removably supported therein, and spring-actuated rods or bolts secured to said rack for removably securing the same in place in said box, substantially as described.

4. The combination, with a box provided with holes in its sides and ends, of a rack formed with grooves in the upper edges of its central longitudinal and transverse bars or partitions, and spring-actuated rods or bolts, which are adapted to be slid in said grooves, and provided with suitable handles, substantially as described. l

5. The combination, with a box provided with holes in its sides and ends, of a rack formed with grooves in the upper edges of its central longitudinal and transverse bars or partitions, rods or bolts placed and adapted to slide in said grooves, and provided with handles at their inner ends, staples fitted over said rods or bolts, and coiled springs surrounding them for forcing their outer ends into said holes, substantially as described. Y

6. The combination, with a box provided with holes in its sides and ends, a rack formed with grooves in the upper edges of its central, longitudinal and transverse bars or partitions, and with enlarged recesses near their outer ends, rods or bolts which are adapted to slide in said grooves, and which are formed with handles at their inner ends and provided with studs or projections near their outer ends, staples for securing said rods or bolts within said grooves, and coiled springs surrounding them and arranged within said enlarged recesses and bearing against said studs or projections, substantially as described.

7. The combination, with a box, of a rack removably secured within said box and provided with locking or latching devices and stop-blocks secured to the sides and bottom of said box for supporting the ends and sides ot said rack, substantially as described.

S. The combination, with the box 1, provided with the holes 13 in its sides and ends, of the rack 2, having the central longitudinal and transverse bars, 3 and 4, the rods or bolts 7 and 8, the stop-blocks 15 for the ends of said central longitudinal bar, and the stopbloclrs 17, formed with the notches 16 for the ends of said central transverse bar, substantially as described.

9. The combination, with the box 1, provided with the stop-blocks 15 and 17 and the plates 14, having the holes 13, of the rack 2, provided with the central longitudinal and IOC IIO

transverse bars, 3 and 4, formed with `the grooves 5 and 6 and the enlarged recesses 10, and provided with the `staples 9, the rods or bolts 7 and 8, having the handlesY 8 upon their'inner ends and the studs 12 near their outer ends, and the springs 11, surrounding said rods or bolts and arranged Within said recesses l0, substantially as described.

` In testimony whereof We affix our signatures in presence-of two Witnesses.

THEODOREA. TAYLOR. VILLIAM H. DIAMOND.-

Witnesses:

' 'IoWNsENn H. LEE,

G. H. MOLEAN. 

